Fingerprint scanner security flaw?

People usually sleep near their phones. Couldn't someone just use your hand while you're asleep to unlock your phone?

They should add some features that prevent this. Like, your face has to be recognized by iSight camera with your eyes open also. Or, you can set fingerprint unlock to require a passcode between the hours of X and Y, or whenever you have Do Not Disturb activated.

Obviously you could restart your phone every night before bed then lock it, but that seems draconian.

People usually sleep near their phones. Couldn't someone just use your hand while you're asleep to unlock your phone?

They should add some features that prevent this. Like, your face has to be recognized by iSight camera with your eyes open also. Or, you can set fingerprint unlock to require a passcode between the hours of X and Y, or whenever you have Do Not Disturb activated.

Obviously you could restart your phone every night before bed then lock it, but that seems draconian.

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a] a mod should close this thread because this topic has been talked about to death in 35 other threads

b] are you serious? so now i have to look straight into my phone every time i wanna unlock? that wont add more time or anything...

c] if you're worried about someone using your finger at night, then you have bigger worries my friend. like how the freak did somebody get into your house? does that not concern you? and if it somebody who you live with, you need to set some boundaries.

c] if you're worried about someone using your finger at night, then you have bigger worries my friend. like how the freak did somebody get into your house? does that not concern you? and if it somebody who you live with, you need to set some boundaries.

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I did not post this in search of relationship advice. You're not my friend. You're a suppressive individual who is just here to ridicule my post and give reasons why my ideas are "bad". However, if so many people share my concern that there are many posts on the topic, doesn't that tend to show that my concern is valid?

A fingerprint scanner offers a different type of security than a passcode. You don't have to be conscious or aware for the fingerprint scanner to be used. In the 90's, people would get shot for their sneakers. I'm just curious about the implications, and interested in ways of enhancing security. Why don't you either post good, constructive ideas, or just go away?

Why are so many people concerned about this? Who would want access to your phone badly enough to try and use your fingerprint while you are sleeping? You people must live with some shady characters.

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You realize that having TouchID will make paranoid people buy this thing right? Then they will realize these various issues and post it here. Then you'll say, "You're just being paranoid." Well, duh! It's still an issue though.

Whether or not someone's paranoia is justified is not something that can be effectively determined over this forum. I could make up whatever I want to tell you. The reality is we live in a society where a lot of crime and identity theft occurs. A lot of people are in bad relationships.

Look at the divorce rates. If over 10% of people get divorced, that is quite a lot of people are out there currently sleeping with someone they might not want getting into their phone and e-mail records without their knowledge.

If Apple sells 1 million phones, that's over 100,000 people who might have this concern, wouldn't you say?

No, I had another thought. In college there were many pranks done on folks while sleeping. Being able to get into their FaceBook while they were asleep would have enabled a whole new category of super epic pranks. just saying

people usually sleep near their phones. Couldn't someone just use your hand while you're asleep to unlock your phone?

They should add some features that prevent this. Like, your face has to be recognized by isight camera with your eyes open also. Or, you can set fingerprint unlock to require a passcode between the hours of x and y, or whenever you have do not disturb activated.

Obviously you could restart your phone every night before bed then lock it, but that seems draconian.

Reboot your phone before you for you go to sleep. It will ask for the passcode after ever reboot. Seriously if I had a family member or partner do that to me and I caught them there would be a serious ass whooping.

Reboot your phone before you for you go to sleep. It will ask for the passcode after ever reboot. Seriously if I had a family member or partner do that to me and I caught them there would be a serious ass whooping.

Why is it a big problem for you, if someone has an idea for how to *improve* TouchID? Hmm?

Why are you opposed to TouchID being improved by adding additional layers of security? I don't understand that. Why wouldn't you want things to get better? For new features to continue to be added?

People like you, who shoot down good ideas, are the reason most companies aren't Apple. It's a good idea to add layers of extra security to any security system. Sure, make them optional. Don't hassle people. But make them available just in case.

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